Error message while running 'portsdb -Uu'

[Gerard Seibert]

On Tuesday, October 25, 2005 2:03:43 PM, Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org>
Subject: Re: Error message while running 'portsdb -Uu'
Wrote these words of wisdom:

> On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 08:27:21PM -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> > I just updated my ports using cvsup and then proceeded to run 'portsdb
> > -Uu' to generate the index file. Upon completion, it produced this error
> > message:
> > 
> > Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait..jot:
> > infinite sequences cannot be bounded "Makefile", line 19: warning:
> > "/usr/bin/jot -s " " -w 6.4.%03d   0 1 0" returned non-zero status jot:
> > infinite sequences cannot be bounded
> > "/usr/ports/editors/vim-lite/../vim/Makefile", line 19: warning:
> > "/usr/bin/jot -s " " -w 6.4.%03d   0 1 0" returned non-zero status jot:
> > infinite sequences cannot be bounded
> > "/usr/ports/editors/vim6+ruby/../vim/Makefile", line 19: warning:
> > "/usr/bin/jot -s " " -w 6.4.%03d   0 1 0" returned non-zero status
> > 
> > Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: freeciv-gtk2-2.0.6
> > Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: mod_frontpage2-5.0.2.2635
> > Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: mod_jk2-apache2-2.0.4
> > Warning: Duplicate INDEX entry: mod_rpaf-ap2-0.5
> >  Done.
> > 
> > I have never seen that one before. What does it mean, and what should I
> > do to correct it, it anything?
> 
> cvsup again, and in general, read discussion on ports@ before sending
> duplicate reports :)
> 
> Kris


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On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied:

Excuse me, but what 'duplicate reports' are you referring to?